Having run another evangelism course for ten years and seen only two people turn to Christ, Grace Bible Church at Holland Park, Queensland, turned to Introducing God for a different approach.

Pastor Dave D'Amour sums up his reaction to seven people becoming Christians after Grace Bible Church ran several Introducing God course: “Wow”.

When a pastor in Detroit wanted to introduce God to his community, full of post-modern people and those with no experience of Christianity, he turned to a successful evangelical Australian ministry tool.

A Sovereign Grace church in the USA is previewing Introducing God for their members so they can experience first hand how a typical session works.

Covenant Life Church in Maryland have realised that members in their church need to gain confidence in this course, that it will do a good job of evangelising their friends, before they will invite them.

The Preview night is crucial to the success of the course.

Christians need to realise that the overall approach of Introducing God is 'gradual and relational, rather than immediate and confrontational. They will need to see and experience this approach in practise before inviting their friends to Introducing God' (Course Driver's Manual, p24)

On 18/02/2009, at 5:09 PM, Mozz (Chaplain) wrote:

Just thought I would share an interesting incident with you.

I work in a hospital as a chaplain. I was talking to one of the patients and had left her some books to read, including a copy of Introducing God.

The next day, I was talking with her again, and she introduced me to the new person who was sharing her room. After we chatted for a while I asked if the other lady would like anything, and the first lady jokingly said to be careful because the Chaplain might give you one of these - as she brought out the book. The new lady's response was one of excitement as she replied "Oh wow! We use that course in our church! That's really good!"

It all made for a very interesting converation that evening!

Mozz (Chaplain)

'The only magic bullet that people are looking to right now is the Alpha program.' says Tim Keller, Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City.

'I would say that if you put the content aside for a second, the Alpha format is definitely a huge improvement and right for our time because there is a process involved instead of just a quick presentation and it’s more communal.'

Keller has identified that evenagelistic events do not sufficiently engage today's post-Christian generation. Instead evangelistic courses, such as Introducing God, give people time to process the gospel over a period of time. This is one of the major strengths of Introducing God.

Most churches want effective evangelism with no effort, no time and no cost.

Hot banana bread, bircher muesli and a cappucino
was how we started the Introducing God weekend escape.

"The venue was awesome!" said one guest. "It actually felt like we were on holidays even though we hadn't driven very far from home!"

The Introductory Session of Introducing God is the first session that a guest would see when they attend and Introducing God event. The session is introduced by Sky News newsreader, Leigh Hatcher, and the main session is presented by former radio journalist Dominic Steele.

After watching, you may be interested in viewing a sample multimedia segment.

Brian is aiming to reach Chinese people with Introducing God from Hope Anglican Church.

Brian is running Introducing God over afternoon tea.

His invitations in both English and Chinese (see right) invite people to the Introductory session.  The text says:

Introducing God starts again on 3 August 2008 at 2:30pm. Please join us for afternoon tea, a short talk, and an interesting discussion about relationship with God.